@article{f1bef6bffb0b4dbabc00db6b4d5cb63c,
title = "Towards better surveillance for coral ecosystems in Qatar: Stakeholder engagement in EBM approach",
author = "Ali, {Abdel Samad M.} and Lucia Fanning and Pedro Range and Mera Alnaimi and Radhouan Ben-Hamadou",
note = "Funding Information: As part of its National Priority Research Program (NPRP8-952-1-186), the Qatar National Research Foundation funded a three-year project focusing on two national marine ecosystems, coral reefs and seagrass beds. Expected outcomes of this project will be used to investigate the potential benefit of stakeholder participation in EBM for coral reefs in Qatar. The project aims mainly to achieve the following four objectives: 1. To understand the social component of coral reef and seagrass bed ecosystems by soliciting management objectives and goals for these resources from key Qatari stakeholders, including government agencies; 2. To characterize coral reef and sea grass communities, their health, associated biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; 3. To evaluate the ecosystem services provided by coral reefs and seagrasses to Qatar; and 4. To develop and share with key decision makers and key stakeholders a process for enhancing ecosystem based management strategies that contribute to the sustainability of these two coastal ecosystems. Funding Information: Manuscript received September 19, 2019; revised February 25, 2020. This work was supported in part by the NPRP award [NPRP8-952-1-186] from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of The Qatar Foundation) through the National Priority Research Program. Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2020 by the authors.",
year = "2020",
month = mar,
doi = "10.18178/IJESD.2020.11.4.1250",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
pages = "194--201",
journal = "International Journal of Environmental Science and Development",
issn = "2010-0264",
publisher = "International Journal of Environmental Science and Development",
number = "4",
}
